Summary: There's a fine art to selling earlobe lifts, inflatable massage boots, and mini-staircases for arthritic dogs. This ABC News program enters the strange world of A. J. Kubani and his New Jersey-based company, Telebrands-a purveyor of quirky household products showcased in late-night TV infomercials. In a one-on-one interview, Kubani discusses his main strategy: identifying a mundane, irksome...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: On September 30, 2004, pharmaceutical giant Merck voluntarily withdrew its popular painkiller Vioxx after it was linked to increased risks of heart attack and stroke. Was Merck's move driven by genuine concern for patients? Or, given findings from earlier studies, was the recall a self-protective move that came too late? This CNBC investigation takes viewers through the process by which one of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: When oil conglomerate Shell stunned investors by announcing a 20 percent reduction in its proven reserves, pensions and portfolios suffered around the world. This program reveals a pattern of exaggeration and cover-up at the company's top level-specifically involving the former chairman and head of production. An unflinching analysis of a failure in business ethics, Shell Shock raises complex...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: After the high-profile tobacco lawsuits of a decade ago, many believe America's smoking problem has been addressed. But as Peter Jennings reveals in From the Tobacco File, policy makers and public health leaders have failed to capitalize on legal triumphs. In rare interviews with key players in the tobacco wars, Jennings explores what occurred behind the scenes in the industry during the 1990s,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Beginning as a theoretical calculation, WorldCom's projection for business growth soon became corporate strategy and eventually a model for the entire telecommunications industry. Unfortunately, it was completely unfounded. This CNBC news documentary exposed the extent of the WorldCom fraud and the smoke-and-mirrors behavior that prevailed not only at WorldCom but throughout the industry as a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: How did fraudulent investment manager Bernard Madoff get away with such an enormous scam for so many years? This CNBC Original program examines the bizarre details of Madoff's operation while exploring his motives and mind-set. Interviews feature expert guests and key players affected by the scandal, including publisher and investor Mort Zuckerman; Forbes editor Robert Lenzner; financial...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: The world knows too little about what happened in the Indian city of Bhopal on December 3, 1984. This program provides a chilling reconstruction of the Union Carbide methyl isocyanate disaster and details its horrific and protracted consequences. Interviews with eyewitnesses-including medical personnel, a company technician, Bhopal's police chief, and a young man orphaned by the tragedy-tell...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The old saying about imitation and flattery is of little consolation when forged products wreak havoc on consumers. Merchants and manufacturers suffer too, as the global traffic in counterfeit goods bypasses most honest forms of business. This program follows investigators as they track the flow of fake name-brand items around the world. Filmed in Asia, Africa, and Europe, the video shows how...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: The continued investigation into the epic scandal involving former lobbyist Jack Abramoff is bringing to light additional revelations about corruption at the core of the U.S. government. This edition of the Journal-a condensed version of the acclaimed documentary Moyers on America: Capitol Crimes (item no. 35972), plus an update-further exposes the misuse and outright abuse of power in American...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Facing the near certainty of impeachment by the House of Representatives and probable conviction by the Senate for his role in the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon resigned the presidency in disgrace on August 9, 1974. This NBC News program tracks the unfolding events throughout that difficult day, including Nixon's emotional farewell speech to his staff, shown in its entirety. Hosted by Jane...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: In the wake of President Bush's commutation of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence, talk of impeachment is gaining steam: an opinion poll says that nearly half of all Americans favor impeachment of the President, and more than half believe Vice President Cheney should be impeached as well. Bill Moyers gets perspective from constitutional scholar Bruce Fein, who wrote the first article of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: The fall of super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff has exposed what may be one of the biggest political scandals in America's history. What does the dizzying scope of corruption say about how laws are made and who really owns the U.S. government? In this program, Bill Moyers and his team of investigative journalists untangle the web of relationships, secret deals, and political manipulation-including...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The world is under threat from an international crime wave-an unrelenting traffic in everything from bogus airplane parts to weapons-grade uranium to the illicit trade in humans themselves. Examining the grim underbelly of globalization, this program shows how a burgeoning underground economy has created increasingly dangerous international problems-money laundering, massive corruption, and the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Cheap lookalikes of popular goods are flooding the world's markets, depriving legitimate manufacturers of hundreds of billions of dollars each year. This eye-opening expose follows the anti-counterfeit investigators of Cartier and BIC from their headquarters to New York and Nigeria and then on to China as they hurry to trace and stop the flow of illegal goods at the source. But bringing...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006